Determination of the Total Composition of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Local Councils

1. The total composition (the number of members) of the Verkhovna Rada of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea shall be determined by the Constitution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.


2. The total composition (the number of members) of a village, settlement or city, or a rayon in city, rayon or oblast council shall be determined in accordance with Parts three and four of this Article depending on a number of voters that belong to territorial communities of the villages, settlements or cities, or reside in the territory of a city rayon, rayon or oblast.


3. The total composition (number of members) of a local council according to the number of voters shall be as follows:

1) up to 10,000 voters – 22 members;

2) from 10,000 to 30,000 voters – 26 members;

3) from 30,000 to 50,000 voters – 34 members;

4) from 50,000 to 100,000 voters – 38 members; 5)from 100,000 to 25,000 voters – 42 members;

6) from 250,000 to 500,000 voters – 54 members;

7) from 500,000 to one million voters – 64 members; 8)from one million to two million voters – 84 members; 9)over two million voters – 120 members.

4. In the event, if the number of members provided for by Part three of this Article for a rayon council are less than the number of village, settlement or city (in cities of rayon subordination) councils, the territorial communities of which are located within the respective rayon, the total composition of such rayon council shall be equal to the number of the respective village, settlement or city (in cities of rayon subordination) councils.


5. The total composition of a village or settlement council of a territorial community shall be increased beyond the number specified in Part three of this Article as a result of holding supplementary elections of members of the village or settlement council by a number of members that shall be determined as the ratio of the number of voters in the territorial communities that have joined to the sum of the number of voters of the territorial community, to which they join, and of the number of voters of the territorial communities that have joined, multiplied by the total composition of the council determined in Part three of this Article, but no less than by two members for each territorial community that has joined.